Nasus/Trivia

General

• Template:Champion with infinite effect-stacking ability
  • In Nasus' case, Siphoning Strike infinitely stacks the bonus physical damage of itself.
• Nasus literally means "nose" in Latin - referencing his golden wolf head's long nose.
  • During development he was simply called Anubis Head or 'Ammon' "hidden, unseen".
• Nasus is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in one skin (another one for when Fury of the Sands is active).

Original Nasus

• He was voiced by Gene McDaniels.

Nasus, The Curator of the Sands

• Following the death of his original voice actor, he is voiced by Erik Todd Dellums, who also voices Infernal Nasus.
  • Dellums also voices Nasus in Shurima: Descent into the Tomb and Rise of the Ascended.

Lore

• Nasus is over 3796 years old and less than 3900 years old.
  • He fought alongside Setaka for 3 centuries before she died in the battle of Icathia, which happened around 2500 BN or 3500 years ago.
  • Nasus is Renekton's older brother and both became Ascended at the same time.
• Renek was one of the nations that belonged to the ancient Shurima Empire and was possibly located somewhere near the Renek River. The siblings may have originated from here and Renekton may have been named after it.
• He may be immune to Amumu's power due to his power's connection to death.
• The Ascension Ritual takes a long time and Xerath kept it going far longer than was normal (hence his body was all but obliterated...) so that gave time for Nasus and Renekton to get back (and a day for mortals, might only be a few hours for Ascended beings...).

Quotes

Original Nasus

• His joke references Who Let the Dogs Out? by the Baha Men.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
  • In Brazilian localization, he instead references Só as Cachorras by Bonde do Tigrão.
  • In Italian localization, he says "Belli còni, ti piacciono i còni?" ("Good dags. D'ya like dags?") referencing Snatch.
  • In Polish localization, he says "Wy nie wiecie, a ja wiem, jak rozmawiać trzeba z psem" ("You don't know, but I do know how to talk with dogs") referencing Akademia Pana Kleksa.
• "There, for grace, I go" might be referencing "There, but for the grace of God, go I".
• "Your soul will be measured" references Anubis from Egyptian mythology.

Infernal Nasus

• "Hope is the opiate of the frail" references Karl Marx's quote "Religion... is the opiate of the masses".
• "By fire be purged!" references Kael'thas Sunstrider and Ragnaros, both from Warcraft.
• "Run, cowards!" references the eponymous boss from the arcade game Sinistar.

Skins

Original Nasus

• The scene depicted has him using Spirit Fire.
• He used to have red eyes and a fiercer demeanor in the first version of his post-rework art.
• He references Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
• His war axe combines battle axes used by Ancient Egyptian army and the Was-sceptre.

Galactic Nasus

• This skin shares the Galactic theme with:
  • Galactic Azir
  • Galactic Renekton

• He references Stargate.

Pharaoh Nasus

• This skin shares the Pharaoh theme with:
  • Pharaoh Amumu
  • Pharaoh Nidalee

Riot K-9 Nasus

• This skin shares the Riot theme with:
  • Riot Blitzcrank
  • Riot Graves
  • Riot Kayle
  • Riot Girl Tristana
  • Riot Squad Singed

• Along with the other Riot skins, he was obtainable by either meeting a Rioter, attending an official Riot event or through purchase in the store during events in the year of release.
  • For him in particular, he was only obtainable in 2011 and 2012 events, such as Gamescom 2011 and through the store in subsequent ones.
• He is an anthropomorphic K-9 unit, otherwise known as a police dog and his war axe is replaced with a baton, a weapon used for riot control.
  • His canine features resemble a Dobermann's, which is fitting due to the breed being commonly trained for police work to take advantage of their large and intimidating builds and aggression.

Dreadknight Nasus
Chromas: Blight, Burn, Frostbite

• This skin shares the Dreadknights theme with:
  • Dreadknight Garen

Infernal Nasus

• This skin shares the Infernal theme with:
  • Charred Maokai
  • Firefang Warwick
  • Infernal Akali
  • Infernal Alistar
  • Infernal Amumu
  • ...and others
  • Infernal Diana
  • Infernal Shen
  • Scorched Earth Renekton
  • Scorched Earth Xerath
  • Wildfire Zyra

• He was released along with Nasus' visual update.
• His dance references Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
• When he uses Fury of the Sands his shoulder pads spring to life, referencing Cerberus.

Archduke Nasus

• This skin shares the High Society theme with:
  • Aristocrat Vayne
  • Gentleman Cho'Gath
  • Gentleman Gnar
  • Marquis Vladimir
  • Order of the Banana Soraka
  • Tango Evelynn
  • Tango Twisted Fate

• He was released in celebration of April Fools' Day 2015 along with:
  • Surprise Party Amumu
    • He got locked out of his own party.
  • Urf the Nami-tee
  • Order of the Banana Soraka
  • Definitely Not Udyr
    • He is striking a pose while Definitely Not Udyr is taking a group selfie, but his smartphone can't detect Surprise Party Amumu.
• He can be seen on the April Fools' Day 2019 login screen on the Dogs side.

Worldbreaker Nasus

• This skin shares the Worldbreaker theme with:
  • Spirit Fire Brand
  • Sun Goddess Karma
  • Worldbreaker Hecarim
  • Worldbreaker Malzahar
  • Worldbreaker Maokai
  • Worldbreaker Nautilus
  • Worldbreaker Sion
  • Worldbreaker Trundle

• His outfit and the background reference Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, e.g. Maya, Aztec, etc.

Lunar Guardian Nasus
Chromas: Jasper, Pearl, Ruby, Turquoise

• This skin shares the Lunar Revel theme with:
  • Coin Emperor Tahm Kench
  • Jade Dragon Wukong
  • Lunar Emperor Thresh
  • Lunar Empress Lux
  • Lunar Goddess Diana
  • ...and others
  • Lunar Guardian Kha'Zix
  • Lunar Guardian Warwick
  • Lunar Wraith Caitlyn
  • Lunar Wraith Sylas
  • Radiant Wukong

• He was released in celebration of Lunar Revel 2018 (Year of the Dog) along with:
  • Lunar Empress Lux
  • Lunar Guardian Warwick
• He's possibly based on the Heavenly Dog who eats the Sun and Moon during eclipses in Chinese mythology.
  • His head-dress & mane make him resemble other creatures like Qilin, Xiezhi, & Pixiu.
• When activating Fury of the Sands, his hair turns yellow as well as having a yellow aura around him. This is a reference to the Super Saiyan transformations from the Dragon Ball franchise.

Relations

• Nasus was a warrior scholar who spearheaded the military and cultural uprising of Ancient Shurima, but Azir's misled arrogance led to the empire's downfall, costing him his own brother Renekton.
  • Nasus hopes he can cure Renekton of his madness, so that the united brothers might defeat Xerath and restore Shurima to greatness together with their resurrected emperor Azir.
  • The sarcophagus Nasus and Renekton used to imprison Xerath was first used to contain a beast of living fire the Magus Ascendant himself freed to keep the brothers away from the capital while he stole Azir's Ascension.
• Nasus first sought Sivir for her royal bloodline and finds in her the hope of a reborn Shurima and the key to defeating Xerath.
  • Nasus encountered Taliyah when she was protecting an injured Sivir.
• Myisha, the previous Aspect of Twilight, led the Darkin Ta'anari to Nasus who guided them to the Chalicar, the blade that belonged to the Ascended queen Setaka and belongs to Sivir in the present day, which Ta'anari later used to perform a ritual that reverted the Ascension of the nearby Darkins, vaporing them.
• Long before Shurima rose again from the sands, Ryze and Nasus delved into a ruined archive beneath the Great Sai and fought its awakened protector.